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  1. Gertrude Jackel and Julius Wetterhahn family collection

    Collection of documents, correspondence, photographs, diploma, photo album, oral history and other materials relating to the experiences of Gertrude Jackel and Julius Wetterhahn (donors' parents) and their parents, siblings, and extended family during the time period surrounding the Holocaust.

  2. Fighting at Narvik

    UFA Newsreel. Title: Frontberichte der Propaganda-Kompanien. REEL 1: Part 1: on the fighting at Narvik. Shows German warships in the harbor. German demolition teams blow up a railroad. White clad alpine troops fire on attacking British troops; German dive bombers attack British lines. German paratroopers land, assemble, and go into action. Part 2: German planes take off from an airfield. Show wrecked planes on a French airfield. Dive bombers attack an allied marching column. Shows wrecked allied equipment and dead. Part 3: German bombers fly in formation over Antwerp.

  3. Katz Family photographs

    Consists of photographs related to Katz family, including a photograph of Nettie Stub standing in front of a sign "Mein Schuljahr," Hannover, Germany, 1935; a photograph of Herman Stub, inscibed on verso "Andenken von Papa für Netti," Grodno, Poland, 1942; and a photograph of Minna Stub, inscribed on verso "Andenken von Mama für Netti," Grodno, Poland, 1942.

  4. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 110 and 111 -- Prosecution continues summing up

    Sessions 110 and 111. Hausner discusses the Defense's two worlds, that of the suffering and those in power. These two worlds collided. He uses a quote from the Torah to compare the worlds. He says that Eichmann was described as a chasm of hate, and is stone-hearted. 00:06:56 Tape jumps, Hausner says that Eichmann tries to convince the court that he found satisfaction in his job in Berlin. However, the only time he ever mentioned a transfer was at this time and then only in his personal papers. As early as 1938, he was an indispensable expert and the Gestapo refused to move him. 00:11:45 Tap...

  5. VE Day in Germany

    US Army soldiers receiving the news that the war is over (staged). Liberators listening to field radio and learning about the end of the war (staged). Men jumping for joy and drinking liquor. Men removing tarp from supply and covering cannon, writing in white chalk: "7 May 1945 So Long Berlin, Hello Tokyo." In small German town, mayor telling group of women and children that the war is over. People/child walking and bicycling. Refugees and displaced persons carrying belongings and lumber. German farmers working in field. Victory bonfire, pilot in FG drinking liquor. Pilot approaching airpla...

  6. Jewish family after the war; DPs prepare for journey to Israel; new babies at DP camp

    Dark shots of Menachem, INTs. Street scene in Bari, Italy, horse and buggy, Hannah pushes Menachem in pram. Nice group shots of local children (Italian? DPs?) on a residential street. Moshe makes a face to the camera. Window displays of dolls, Hannah and Menachem walk on the city street towards a truck marked “Sica, Milano.” 01:35 Men carry rafts over their heads and lower them into the water at a beach near Santa Maria di Leuca DP camp in Italy. VAR shots of Menachem, Moshe and Hannah at DP camp in Italy (similar atmospheric shots as Film ID 4152). Barracks/huts. Hannah feeds baby with a s...

  7. First free vote in Berlin; salvaging remains from the Cap Arcona; mushrooms; furniture donation to needy Germans

    Welt im Film. Issue no. 75 Title: Der Wahltag in Berlin [Voting day in Berlin]. People pass out election literature in the run-up to the first free vote in Germany in 14 years. Election posters and signs (Wahlpropaganda) for the SPD and the SED on buildings, including on the Reich Chancellery. Sign reading: You are Leaving the American Sector. People stand in line to vote and inside a polling place. The vote is observed by Allied military representatives. Voting in a hospital. Shots of the candidates voting. The ballots are counted and the results displayed on a large board. 02:27:52 Title:...

  8. Street scenes in ghetto

    Street scene in ghetto. Corner storefront, many pedestrians, carts, truck. Pan up building. Jewish policeman. CUs of street vendors, children. Tilt up storefront. Horse drawn wagon full of people in Warsaw Ghetto (could be new inhabitants moving into ghetto?).

  9. 51st Field Hospital at Normandy and other sites

    The 51st Field Hospital campsite in a dusty landscape, probably in France. They laugh and tease one another as they walk along the road. A plane flies low to the ground. LS, pan of tent camp grounds with some military men, vehicles, and wooden stakes (gravesites?). 01:09:17 Large ships docking close to the Normandy shore on June 12, 1944. People wait and unload boats. The 51st Field Hospital nurses arrived at the Normandy beaches on D-Day plus 6 (June 12, 1944). 01:09:28 Beatrice waves to the camera by a tent. Pan of a campsite with grass after the Normandy invasion, probably in the summer ...

  10. Memoirs. Contest: "Preserve Memory Project" Wspomnienia. Materiały konkursowe "Zachować pamięć"

    Collection of 589 Polish testimonies along with photographs, letters and other personal documents. It contains accounts of Polish victims of WWII, their experiences of German atrocities in Poland and as forced laborers in Germany. The testimonies were sent for the contest "Pomóżcie Nam Zachować Pamieć" organized by the Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (FPNP) and Polska Unia Ofiar Nazizmu in 2005. Contains also other WWII materials collected by the foundation: as photographs, audio and video records. The most interesting materials were published by FPNP in two volumes under a title: “Za...

  11. African-American troops; US infantry in Germany

    (LIB 390) "US Negro Troops, 969th Field Artillery, Luxembourg, 1 Nov 1944" (LIB 391) "Infantry Advancing, Hurtgen Forest Near Vossemack (?) Germany, 2 Nov 1944" 04:30 (LIB 392) "1104th Engineer Combat Group, Marienberg, Germany, 2 Nov 1944" Slates: "Uncovering Pill Box. 2 Nov 44. Raddatz"

  12. Chaim Rumkowski declaration

    Declaration number 392, Litzmannstadt. Declaration in the name of Chaim Rumkowski, Elder of the Jews, that the "Restrictions on passage are lifted."

  13. American nurses sightseeing in Paris

    Sights in Paris in late August 1944 following the liberation of the city from German control. The 51st Field Hospital visits the Arc de Triomphe, the Seine, and the Eiffel Tower. 01:13:16 Beatrice and a man pose for the camera outside Notre Dame. French civilians near a Red Cross truck. The July Column with pedestrians and bicyclists.

  14. UN Security Council meets

    Delegates arrive at Hunter College, New York for a meeting of the UN Security Council. Shows scenes of the meeting as Sec. Byrnes speaks on international cooperation.

  15. African-American troops in World War II

    "American Negro Troops, no locations or captions, Aug 1944"

  16. Street scenes; shops

    LS, pan, street scenes, shops, pedestrians, cars, city (Kiev?).

  17. Interview of Prisoners, Dachau

    (LIB 6555) Interview of Prisoners, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. MSs, American officer of the XV Corps (off screen) speaking to an Albanian, Doctor Ali Zeno Kuchi, who relates in English his experiences in the prison camps of Vienna and Dachau. The doctor was a newspaperman prior to the invasion of his country by the Fascists.

  18. The Bulgarian Claims Committee of the United States collection

    The institutional archives of the Bulgarian Claims Committee of the United States; including but not limited to: papers, correspondence, publications, financial records, documents and other materials gathered by Donny J. Casarella, Vice Chair of the Committee [donors' grandfather].

  19. Women: Nazi propaganda on the Aryan ideal

    Statues. CUs, women, some with swimming caps. Women playing with girls, gymnastics, all blond/Aryan. Gymnastics class. Playing with ball. Exercising, running, stretching in swim suits. Race with hurdles. Tennis. Rings. Playing at beach. Kayaking, canoeing. Walking in line, in unison. Practicing dancing and exercises. Jumping (some scenes in slow motion). Balancing ball, throwing ball. Discus (some scenes in slow motion). Shot-put. Archery. Javelin on the beach. Women running into water.

  20. Kletsk photograph collection

    The collection consists of pre-war photographs depicting Jewish residents of Kletsk, Poland (Kletsk, Belarus).